Table 3.

Intestinal parasitic infections of schoolchildren in Dolakha and Ramechhap districts of Nepal between March and May 2015

Parasite	Prevalence (N = 708)	Sex		χ 2	P	Age group		χ 2	P	District		χ 2	P
		Male (n = 339)	Female (n = 369)			8–12 years (n = 108)	13–16 years (n = 600)			Dolakha (n = 555)	Ramechhap (n = 153)
	N (%)	n (%)	n (%)			n (%)	n (%)			n (%)	n (%)
Nematodes
Ascaris lumbricoides	185 (26.1)	87 (25.7)	98 (26.6)	0.07	0.79	21 (19.4)	164 (27.3)	2.95	0.09	154 (27.8)	31 (20.3)	3.48	0.06
Trichuris trichiura	219 (30.9)	109 (32.2)	110 (29.8)	0.45	0.50	27 (25.0)	192 (32.0)	2.10	0.15	176 (31.7)	43 (28.1)	0.73	0.39
Hookworm	214 (30.2)	99 (29.2)	115 (31.2)	0.32	0.57	27 (25.0)	187 (31.2)	1.65	0.12	182 (32.8)	32 (20.9)	8.02	0.01
Strongyloides stercoralis	2 (0.3)	1 (0.3)	1 (0.3)	0.01	0.95	0 (0)	2 (0.3)	0.36	0.55	2 (0.4)	0 (0)	0.55	0.46
Enterobius vermicularis	2 (0.4)	1 (0.4)	1 (0.4)	0.01	0.96	0 (0)	2 (0.5)	0.39	0.53	2 (0.5)	0 (0)	0.62	0.43
Cestodes
Hymenolepis nana	195 (27.5)	90 (26.6)	105 (28.5)	0.32	0.57	24 (22.2)	171 (28.5)	1.81	0.18	164 (29.6)	31 (20.3)	5.18	0.02
Total faecal-oral transmitted helminths	250 (35.3)	120 (35.4)	130 (35.2)	0.01	0.96	31 (28.7)	219 (36.5)	2.44	0.12	203 (36.6)	47 (30.7)	1.80	0.18
Intestinal protozoa
Giardia intestinalis	216 (30.5)	101 (29.8)	115 (31.2)	0.16	0.69	22 (20.4)	194 (32.3)	6.18	0.01	176 (31.7)	40 (26.1)	1.75	0.19
Total intestinal protozoa	216 (30.5)	101 (29.8)	115 (31.2)	0.16	0.69	22 (20.4)	194 (32.3)	6.18	0.01	176 (31.7)	40 (26.1)	1.75	0.19

P-values were obtained by χ2 test; values in boldface indicate statistically significant differences